You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson

About You Can’t Touch My Hair

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • ”A must-read…Phoebe
Robinson discusses race and feminism in such a funny, real, and specific
way, it penetrates your brain and stays with you.” –Ilana Glazer, co-creator and co-star of Broad City

Being
a black woman in America means contending with old prejudices and fresh
absurdities every day. Comedian Phoebe Robinson has experienced her
fair share over the years: she’s been unceremoniously relegated to the
role of “the black friend,” as if she is somehow the authority on all
things racial; she’s been questioned about her love of U2 and Billy Joel
(“isn’t that . . . white people music?”); she’s been called “uppity”
for having an opinion in the workplace; she’s been followed around
stores by security guards; and yes, people do ask her whether they can
touch her hair all. the. time. Now, she’s ready to take these topics to
the page—and she’s going to make you laugh as she’s doing it.

Using
her trademark wit alongside pop-culture references galore, Robinson
explores everything from why Lisa Bonet is “Queen. Bae. Jesus,” to
breaking down the terrible nature of casting calls, to giving her
less-than-traditional advice to the future female president, and
demanding that the NFL clean up its act, all told in the same
conversational voice that launched her podcast, 2 Dope Queens, to the top spot on iTunes. As personal as it is political, You Can’t Touch My Hair examines our cultural climate and skewers our biases with humor and heart, announcing Robinson as a writer on the rise.